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The Unclassed
George Gissing
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The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. Both believe in social change but do not know how to bring it about. Both are sceptical about the values of their times. Both want respectability more then they would admit. This book, unlike many others of it's time, tells about working women, and includes honest descriptions of the slums of London.
The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. Both believe in social change but do not know how to bring it about. Both are sceptical about the values of their times. Both want respectability more then they would admit. This book, unlike many others of it's time, tells about working women, and includes honest descriptions of the slums of London.
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Community Reviews
A Rare Late Victorian Novel
Although little-known today, George Gissing's (1856 - 1903) second published novel "The Unclassed" deserves to be read and remembered. The book was written in 1884 and published as a three-decker novel for which Gissing received the paltry sum of 30 pounds. In 1895, when h
People who have read even a couple of Gissing's books are
probably familiar with his sad life. "The Unclassed" an
extraordinary second novel was written in the darkest days of
his relationship with Nell Harrison. She was a young prostitute
he had met when he was at Wakefield College. By the time "The
Un
Perhaps 4.5. Very much enjoyed this one - strong characterisation, fascinating themes and really engaging throughout. Not quite as strong as some of Gissing's other novels, and it felt to me perhaps like an earlier version of The Nether World - a lot of similar themes but not quite so perfect. Still
*3.5 stars.
"...a chair which would probably have claimed the title of easy..." (6).
"...here were no ornaments in any of the rooms, with the exception of a few pictures representing the saddest incidents in the life of Christ" (34).
"Life is an incomplete novel, consisting, for the most part, of blurr
I stumbled upon this book almost by chance. Every now and again I will browse the Kindle store for some classic fiction. Before coming across it myself, I hadn't heard of it. Yet I am glad I did.
It starts off with disorder in a classroom. A young girl by the name of Ida Starr announcing:
"I did it, M
In the 1895 edition, Gissing had edited this novel from the original 1884 edition, calling it "work of a very young man, who dealt in a romantic spirit with the gloomier facts of life".
The edition I read is the original 1884 text. The novel tells the story of Ida Starr,an orphan, driven to prostitu
A classic I missed along the way, this 1884 novel belies Gissing's contemporary classing with Hardy and other giants of the era. At times, the hand is a bit too heavy. Largely, the primary reason for reading this book is for another peek into the manners and values of late 19th century England. A gl